The freedom of journalists in Iceland went down a little last year compared to the year before, according to the new World Press Freedom Index, which is published annually about press freedom in 180 countries around the world. Read the full story

Icelandic Minister of Finance, Steingrimur J. Sigfusson and the famous Kenyan runner Tegla Loroupe will lead the last leg of the World Harmony Run in Iceland today. Read the full story

Activists on the Swedish Ship to Gaza have claimed that a cyber attack on their website is the latest attempt to sabotage the aid mission of the Freedom Flotilla II. Read the full story

A new media control law has been accepted by the Icelandic parliament. Read the full story

World media have been reporting on Wikileaks editor Julian Assange’s efforts to gain support in Iceland for making the country a haven for the world’s free press and whistle-blowers. Read the full story

The journalists’ associations of Norway, Finland, Sweden and Denmark released a joint statement this week saying they have strong reservations about developments in the Icelandic media since the banking crisis, Read the full story

When most people think of nudist colonies, Finland rarely comes to mind. But the sauna-loving Finns are beginning to embrace the idea of going au natural for a brief period at the height of summer. Read the full story

Eric Roland Larsson, a 69 year-old Swede who had been working and living in Colombia when he was kidnapped nearly two years ago by FARC rebels has finally been released. Larsson was apparently the only remaining foreigner being held by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Columbia, or FARC. Read the full story